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Tuesday, 5 May 2015

Corn Couscous flavored with Mint and Orange !

It was one nice sunny afternoon where I was bored of eating rice and looking for something simple to cook as I had to cook only for me and mom. Then decided to make couscous with corn and when i saw some mint and orange lying in fridge , got an idea of giving some orange and mint flavor to it.

It was indeed very flavorful and filling recipe and a very good alternative to rice.

INGREDIENTS

1 cup couscous

3/4 cup sweet corn

1 tsp salt

1 tsp paprika

1 ripe orange

10 mint leaves

few broccoli florets (optional)

1 medium onion

1/2 tsp chilli flakes

2 cloves garlic

crushed black pepper

a pinch of dried mixed herbs (oregano. parsley etc)

1 tbsp olive oil / butter

STEPS

In a bowl take a cup of couscous and add salt and paprika.

Squeeze 3/4th of orange in the couscous reserving the remaining for later use.

Add 1.5 cups of super hot water to the couscous and give a mix.

Add some torn mint leaves to the couscous.

close the bowl and let it rest for 10 minutes until the couscous absorbs all the water.

After 10 minutes fluff the couscous with a fork and you can already smell nice minty orangy couscous.

In a pan, add butter or olive oil and once hot add the finely chopped garlic and sliced onion.

Saute for 2 minutes and add the chilli flakes.

Throw in the broccoli and saute it along with the onions.

Then add the sweetcorn to the onions and saute for another minute.

I already boiled the sweetcorn in microwave for 4 - 5 minutes. Or can boil it in hot water too.